Harsh

Famous quotes containing the word harsh:

“The usual complaint is: I have no other way of earning a living. The harsh reply can be: Do you have to live?”
—Tertullian (c. 150–230)

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 15:1.

“For she lies panting,
drawing sharp breath,
broken with harsh sobs,
she, Hyella,
whom no god pities.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)